Turkish authorities have seized luggage containing four suicide vests and up to 15 kilograms of explosives at its border with Syria, according to the country’s state-run news agency.
Anadolu Agency said four men, 10 women and 20 children were stopped near the town of Karkamis, in Gaziantep province. It wasn’t clear when they were detained, but Anadolu said that security forces had acted on a tip-off about plans to smuggle explosives across the border.
Anadolu Agency said four men, 10 women and 20 children were stopped near the town of Karkamis, in Gaziantep province. It wasn’t clear when they were detained, but Anadolu said that security forces had acted on a tip-off about plans to smuggle explosives across the border.
Karkamis lies across the border from the Syrian town of Jerabalus, which is currently controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil).
Although Turkey insists it maintains an open-door policy towards those fleeing the war in Syria, the gates of this key border crossing have stayed shut tight for days.
Some 50,000 Syrians are now sleeping rough along in squalid conditions as a Turkish-backed aid group, hampered by frequent Russian air-strikes, rushes to build a camp in which to house them.
Although Turkey insists it maintains an open-door policy towards those fleeing the war in Syria, the gates of this key border crossing have stayed shut tight for days.
Some 50,000 Syrians are now sleeping rough along in squalid conditions as a Turkish-backed aid group, hampered by frequent Russian air-strikes, rushes to build a camp in which to house them.
